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Fourth person charged in North Bergen murder on New Year's Eve

Mark Browne, of Newark, appears in Central Judicial Processing in Jersey City on murder charges for his role in the death of Darryl Williams on New Years Eve 2012. Photo by Daniel Reyes/The Jersey Journal.

A fourth person has been charged in the murder of a Newark man who was found dead behind a North Bergen gas station on New Year’s Eve.

Mark C. Browne, 43, of Newark, was charged Thursday in the death of Darryl Williams, 24, who was found behind the Getty gas station on Tonnelle Avenue with his hands bound.

Qudeera Adams, 25, and Nydia Mozee, 27, two Newark women, were charged in the killing on Wednesday. On Jan. 17, Latoya Mozee, 23, also of Newark, who police say was Williams’ girlfriend, was the first person charged. Police say Latoya and Nydia are related, but did not say how.

Browne appeared in Central Judicial Processing court in Jersey City on Friday and he was told his bail had already been set at $1 million, cash only. He is currently being held in federal custody on an unrelated matter, officials said.

Authorities say Latoya Mozee and Williams were involved in a physical argument either on Dec. 30 or Dec. 31. After the altercation, authorities say Williams was attacked by the four defendants, bound and taken to the North Bergen lot and left to die, authorities said.

According to the complaint, probable cause for Browne’s arrest is videotape footage from near Latoya Mozee’s home in Newark, “biological evidence” recovered from her home, statements of witnesses and evidence gathered from a Cadillac that authorities believe was used to transport Williams to North Bergen.

Williams died from “asphyxiation due to multiple blunt force and sharp force injuries to his airway,” the criminal complaint said.

Anyone with information about Smith’s death is asked to call the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit at (201) 915-1345. All calls will be kept confidential.